All of that changed very quickly.
But now were still 500 miles apart, and hes self-quarantining.
The governors of both of our states have imposed stay-at-home restrictions.
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I did not live through World War II and the Great Depression, but my parents did.
They did not have to endure separations, but many of their friends did.
When I did the research for my novelThe Poets Girl, about the relationship between the poet T.S.
Eliot left Boston in June of 1914, headed to Europe for a graduate fellowship at Oxford University.
He was actually in Marburg, Germany, when war broke out that August between Germany and England.
But the sinking of the liner Lusitania quickly underscored the dangers of transatlantic travel.
During the 1930s, Hale frequently visited Eliot, now a British citizen on summer trips to England.
Those came to an end in 1939, when war again broke out between England and Nazi Germany.
Again, they were separated for seven long years.
It is easier to view it as an interlude, even if it is a terrible one.
They just make our own desires and frustrations seem less significant in light of the wider tragedy.
